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A snapshot from a personal creative project. View the full version at korean-music-map.info.

Contact


github.com/18kimn
nathankim.name
linkedin.com/in/nathanckim

Skills

Tools and languages
R
Python
d3.js
ArcGIS suite
Excel macros

Technical skills
Web scraping
Propensity score weighting
Spatial weighted regressions
Fixed- and random-effects regressions
Statistical clustering
Survey analysis
Analytical and creative data viz

Topics of interest
Digital cartography
Critical human geography
History of science
Anti-imperialism
Social stratification
Quantitative methods

Disclaimer


Made with the R packages pagedown and datadrivencv. The source code is available here. Last updated on February 15th, 2021.


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Nathan Kim

I’m a junior at Yale College double majoring in Ethnicity, Race, & Migration and Statistics & Data Science. I’m interested in the critical study of race, space, and imperialism, especially through quantitative methods and data visualization. You can find more about me at https://nathankim.name.

Work Experience

Yale Institution for Social and Policy Studies

Research Assistant

N/A

Present - Sept 2018

Modeled relationships between social mobility and health with Professor Emma Zang with data from Opportunity Insights and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Investigating blockgroup-level analyses of COVID-19 prevalence rates and social distancing patterns. Previously scraped and cleaned data from various NYPD documents for PhD student Tony Cheng.

Yale Asian American Cultural Center

Center Staffer

N/A

Present - Sept 2020

Organizing teach-ins, film screenings, and workshops on Asian diasporic history as a member of the Historical, Artistic, and Cultural Resources Pod. Managing the Okihiro Library collection of books on Asian American Studies.

DataHaven

Research Intern

N/A

Present - Jun 2020

Currently writing reports and performing data analysis for DataHaven, a community action-oriented nonprofit creating reports and data analyses for the Greater New Haven community.

Yale School of Medicine

Research Assistant

N/A

Dec 2020 - Jan 2020

Investigating under Dr. Paul Joudrey the impact of Hurricane Maria-related road damage on methadone access in Puerto Rico using ESRI drive time analyses, OpenStreetMap road network data, and FEMA datasets on road damage.

Population Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania

Research Intern

N/A

Aug 2019 - May 2019

Worked with Professor Irma Elo, Chair of Penn Sociology, on a project on county-level predictors of mortality in the US. Assembled a database and created a Shiny visualization app of socioeconomic, demographic, and behavioral health indicators; worked on a clustering project with the dbscan, VarSelLCM, and spedep packages in R. Cleaned data for various projects from sources including the NHIS, the ACS, the EPA EJSCREEN, and HRSA.

On-Campus Activities

Asian Students for Ethnic Studies

Secretary

N/A

Present - Jan 2019

Hosting workshops on Asian American and Asian diasporic history. Creating infographics for Asian American Studies on curricula at Yale, the U.S. Yellow Power movement, and cultural imperialism enacted in food like SPAM. Advocating for the inclusion of Asian American Studies and other ethnic studies into the Yale curriculum.

Leadership, Education, and Athletics in Partnership

Development Intern

N/A

Dec 2019 - Sept 2018

Analyzed recent donor data in LEAP’s Development Office, with the aim of improving LEAP’s fundraising practices. Wrote letters to be used in fundraising campaigns, invited Guests of Honor for the annual LEAP Year Event fundraiser.

Asian American Students Alliance

Programming Chair

N/A

Dec 2019 - Jan 2019

Spearheaded a task force on data disaggregation activism to build a RShiny data visualization app with nationally recognized group AAPI Data and host several political education workshops on the 2020 Census citizenship question and political representation. . Invited and hosted playwright-activist Dimo Kim, cartoonist Dami Lee, and political activist Rita Pin Ahrens to discuss various forms of community organizing.